Scene from Untamed Heart (1993)

Alternate Names: Marisa Veriga Tomei, Μαρίσα Βέριγκα Τομέι, ماریسا تومی

Physical Characteristics: N/A

First Appearances:

• The Flamingo Kid (1984) as Mandy

Most Important Roles:

• Four Rooms (1995) as Margaret
• The Ides of March (2011) as Ida Horowicz
• In the Bedroom (2001) as Natalie Strout
• My Cousin Vinny (1992) as Mona Lisa Vito
• The Watcher (2000) as Dr. Polly Beilman
• What Women Want (2000) as Lola
• Chaplin (1992) as Mabel Normand
• Factotum (2005) as Laura
• Wild Hogs (2007) as Maggie
• Danika (2005) as Danika Merrick

Career Highlights:

• Four Rooms (1995)
• The Ides of March (2011)
• In the Bedroom (2001)
• My Cousin Vinny (1992)
• The Watcher (2000)
• What Women Want (2000)
• Chaplin (1992)
• Factotum (2005)
• Wild Hogs (2007)
• Danika (2005)

Awards:

• Academy Award (Oscar) - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (1992)
• MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (1993)
• MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance (1993)
• Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress (2008)
• Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress (2008)
• Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress (2008)
• San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress (2008)
• San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress (2008)
• Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress (2009)
• Drama Desk Special Award (2014)
• Theatre World Award (1986)

Marisa Tomei (born December 4, 1964) is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and nominations for two further Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.

After working on the television series As the World Turns, Tomei came to prominence as a cast member on The Cosby Show spin-off A Different World in 1987. After having minor roles in a few films, she came to international attention in 1992 with the comedy, My Cousin Vinny, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received two additional Academy Award nominations for In the Bedroom (2001) and The Wrestler (2008).

Tomei has appeared in a number of successful movies, including What Women Want (2000), Anger Management (2003), Wild Hogs (2007), The Ides of March (2011), and Parental Guidance (2012). She also portrayed May Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, having appeared in Captain America: Civil War (2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).

Tomei has also worked in theater. She was formerly involved with the Naked Angels Theater Company and appeared in plays, such as Daughters (1986), Wait Until Dark (1998), Top Girls (2008), for which she received a nomination for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, and The Realistic Joneses (2014), for which she received a special award at the Drama Desk Awards.